Jalopnik: 1930s

70 Years Of Cars In Los Angeles: The UCLA Library Digital Collection

Murilee Martin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

Because the 5,000 LA Times and LA Daily News photographs in UCLA's Changing Times: Los Angeles in Photographs, 1920-1990 collection were all shot in Southern California- where the car has been king for 75 years- a bit of searching will unearth a lot of seriously cool car photos such as this 1980 shot. Make the jump to see a gallery with 50 of our favorites, then follow the link to the whole collection and kiss the rest of your day goodbye!

[UCLA Library Digital Collection, via BoingBoing, via Save Vs Death]

W. C. Fields Makes "Road Hogs" Pay For Their Driving Sins

Murilee Martin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

When some jerkola signals right and turns left right in front of you, or goes too slowly, or commits any one of the other moves from the Jerkola Driving Handbook, wouldn't you love the freedom to run that road hog off the road and then have your car instantly replaced by a new full-size sedan… whose driver has been following you for just this reason? SCROGGS, so inspired by the 2CV-versus-Bentley crash scene yesterday, has hipped us to a W. C. Fields film in which this is exactly what happens! Make the jump to read Richard's description and watch W.C. dispense a little vigilante road justice, 1932 style!

As a kid, I remember seeing a flick called If I Had A Million, where a dying millionaire gives away his money, $1,000,000 at a time, to random people. Husband and wife recipients, WC Fields and Alison Skipworth, dismayed that their new car has been destroyed by a "road hog," utilize part of their million dollars to purchase a fleet of cars and then smash up every road hog in sight! It's been my secret lottery fantasy ever since.

350 Old Cars And Trucks Down On The Alameda Street

Murilee Martin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EDT

We've reached yet another milestone in the Down On The Street series- that's right, the 1960 Triumph TR3A was the 350th street-parked Alameda vehicle that we've seen here. Those of you who are new to the series should check out the Down On The Street FAQ before you blow the rest of your work day checking out all 350 machines; that's right, every single one of those little images after the jump is a link to a bunch of car photos. What the heck, it's Friday- you gonna let The Man keep you down?

1932 Ford	1937 Cadillac	1939 Chevrolet	1941 Chevrolet
1942 Pontiac	1943 IHC	1945 Ford	1946 Chevrolet
1947 Plymouth	1948 IHC	1950 Dodge	1950 Ford
1950 Ford	1950 Plymouth	1950 Pontiac	1951 Dodge
1952 Dodge	1953 GMC	1952 Dodge	1953 Packard
1954 Chevrolet	1954 Ford	1955 Mercury	1955 Plymouth
1956 Chevrolet	1956 Imperial	1956 Volkswagen	1956 Morris
1956 Willys	1956 Ford	1957 Volkswagen	1957 Cadillac
1957 Chevrolet	1957 Chrysler	1957 Pontiac	1958 Mercedes-Benz
1959 Porsche	1959 Morris	1959 Volkswagen	1960 Cadillac
1960 Cadillac	1960 Peugeot	1960 Triumph	1960 Mercury
1960 Studebaker	1960 Chevrolet	1960 Volkswagen	1961 Plymouth
1961 Morris	1961 Rambler	1961 Ford	1961 Plymouth
1962 Chrysler	1962 Chevrolet	1962 Dodge	1962 Ford
1962 Chrysler	1962 Volkswagen	1963 Ford	1963 Ford
1963 Chevrolet	1963 Chevrolet	1963 GMC	1963 Porsche
1964 Studebaker	1964 Volkswagen	1964 Checker	1964 Chrysler
1964 Mercury	1964 Dodge	1964 Ford	1964 Oldsmobile
1964 Dodge	1965 Austin Cooper S	1965 Volkswagen	1965 Plymouth
1965 Chevrolet	1965 Volkswagen	1965 Ford	1965 Plymouth
1965 Ford	1965 IHC	1965 Chevrolet	1965 Chevrolet
1965 Mercury	1965 Dodge	1965 Ford	1965 Chevrolet
1965 Chevrolet	1965 Ford	1965 Rambler	1965 Ford
1965 Ford	1966 Lincoln	1966 Ford	1966 Dodge
1965 Mercedes-Benz	1966 Pontiac	1966 Dodge	1966 Datsun
1966 GMC	1966 Jaguar	1966 Lancia	1966 Volkswagen
1966 Mercedes-Benz	1966 Mercedes-Benz	1966 Ford	1966 Buick
1966 Volkswagen	1966 Volvo	1967 Mercury	1967 Plymouth
1967 Porsche	1967 Imperial	1967 Galaxie	1967 Volkswagen
1967 Porsche	1967 Oldsmobile	1968 Plymouth	1968 Mercury
1968 Ford	1968 GMC	1968 Pontiac	1968 Ford
1968 Porsche	1968 Ford	1968 Buick	1969 Dodge
1969 AMC	1969 Chevrolet	1969 Volkswagen	1969 Volkswagen
1969 Volkswagen	1969 Chevrolet	1969 Cadillac	1969 Cadillac
1969 Chevrolet	1969 Lincoln	1969 Oldsmobile	1969 Dodge
1969 Dodge	1969 Datsun	1969 Ford	1969 Ford
1969 Buick	1969 MG	1969 Ford	1969 Chevrolet
1969 Cadillac	1969 Volvo	1969 Volvo	1970 Ford
1970 Chevrolet	1970 Ford	1970 Chrysler	1970 Cadillac
1970 Dodge	1970 Chevrolet	1970 Chevrolet	1970 Lincoln
1970 Ford	1970 Ford	1970 Chevrolet	1970 Chevrolet
1970 Porsche	1970 Dodge	1970 Puma	1970 Buick
1970 Volvo	1970 Volkswagen	1971 Datsun	1971 Volvo
1971 Datsun	1971 Chevrolet	1971 Chevrolet	1971 Chrysler
1971 Chrysler	1971 Datsun	1971 Ford	1971 GMC
1971 Volkswagen	1971 Toyota	1971 Buick	1971 Chevrolet
1971 MG	1971 Plymouth	1971 Plymouth	1972 Mercedes-Benz
1972 BMW	1972 IHC	1972 IHC	1972 Porsche
1972 Volkswagen	1972 Chevrolet	1972 Plymouth	1972 Lincoln
1972 Mercury	1972 Steyr	1973 BMW	1973 Buick
1973 Chevrolet	1973 Volvo	1973 Capri	1973 Chevrolet
1973 Chevrolet	1973 Mercury	1973 Datsun	1973 Ford
1973 Pontiac	1973 Mercedes-Benz	1973 MG	1973 Ford
1973 Buick	1973 Plymouth	1973 Chevrolet	1973 Volkswagen
1973 Volkswagen	1973 Volkswagen	1973 BMW	1974 Buick
1974 Chevrolet	1974 BMW	1974 Chevrolet	1974 Datsun
1974 Ford	1974 Ford	1974 Porsche	1974 Porsche
1974 Plymouth	1974 Volkswagen	1974 Ford	1975 BMW
1975 Datsun	1975 Ford	1975 Toyota	1975 Citroën
1975 Mercury	1975 Chevrolet	1975 Pontiac	1975 Chevrolet
1975 Dodge	1975 Unimog	1976 Honda	1976 Cadillac
1976 Ford	1976 AMC	1976 Buick	1976 IHC
1976 Buick	1977 Ford	1977 Chevrolet	1977 Plymouth
1977 Chevrolet	1977 Chevrolet	1977 Toyota	1977 Toyota
1977 Lincoln	1977 Ford	1977 Fiat	1977 Ford
1977 IHC	1977 Chevrolet	1977 Oldsmobile	1977 Oldsmobile
1977 Volvo	1978 Datsun	1978 Chrysler	1978 Honda
1978 Dodge	1978 Dodge	1978 Dodge	1978 Cadillac
1978 Jaguar	1978 Saab	1978 Pontiac	1978 Chevrolet
1979 Mercedes-Benz	1979 Porsche	1979 Porsche	1979 Chevrolet
1979 Datsun	1979 Honda	1979 Ford	1979 Ford
1979 Shay	1980 Porsche	1980 Plymouth	1980 Datsun
1980 Plymouth	1980 IHC	1980 Volvo	1981 Datsun
1981 Volkswagen	1981 Mazda	1981 Fiat	1982 Mercedes-Benz
1982 Datsun	1982 Mercedes-Benz	1982 Mazda	1982 Toyota
1982 Fiat	1983 Honda	1983 BMW	1983 Toyota
1983 BMW	1983 BMW	1983 Jeep	1983 Volkswagen
1983 Nissan	1983 Toyota	1984 Porsche	1984 Toyota
1984 Cadillac	1984 Toyota	1984 Jaguar	1984 Toyota
1984 Plymouth	1985 Alfa Romeo	1985 Toyota	1985 Cadillac
1985 Mazda	1985 Pontiac	1985 Volkswagen	1985 Saab
1985 Toyota	1985 Toyota	1985 Peugeot	1986 Ford
1986 Jaguar	1986 Toyota	1986 Dodge	1986 Honda
1986 Pontiac	1986 Ford	1987 Porsche	1987 BMW
1987 Mercedes-Benz	1987 Volkswagen	1987 BMW	1987 Honda
1987 Toyota	1987 Merkur	1987 Mitsubishi	1988 CMC
1988 Renault	1988 Mitsubishi	1989 Ferrari	1989 Alfa Romeo
1989 Chevrolet	2000 Fieroborghini

1932 Ford Model B Pickup

Murilee Martin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. So far, we've seen mostly 1960s and 1970s vehicles in this series, but we've seen a couple of 1930s machines (a 1937 Cadillac and a 1939 Chevrolet). Today we've rolled the clock back to 1932, with a new Oldest Alameda DOTS Champion. That's right, I've managed to find a 76-year-old truck parked on the street!

I was walking down Alameda's main downtown street when I saw this very weathered Ford parked in front of Juanita's. I didn't have my good camera with me, but my phone takes pretty decent shots.

Hellhammer, who's way more knowledgeable about old Fords than I'll ever be, says this appears to be a '32 Model B truck with the grille from a Model B car. It appears to have the usual rat-rod small-block/automatic drivetrain and untouched vintage patina, and it has the look of a truck that gets used for everyday transportation (or for midweek birria runs, at least). What's 76 years, anyway?

Jalopnik: 1930s

70 Years Of Cars In Los Angeles: The UCLA Library Digital Collection

W. C. Fields Makes "Road Hogs" Pay For Their Driving Sins

350 Old Cars And Trucks Down On The Alameda Street

1932 Ford Model B Pickup

First 300 DOTS Vehicles • DOTS FAQ